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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is shot and dies in Chapter 30?

2. Which of the women does Dr. McNab ask to care for the ailing Collector?

3. Who brings word that the relieving force has arrived?

4. What beliefs of the Magistrate have been eroded because of the siege?

5. Where is the Collector during the attack by the sepoys in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Dr. McNab ask to look after the Collector and what transpires during that time?

2. What does the collector do when he finds out what Rayne has been up to?

3. What has happened to the Collector's leather goods and clothing and notepaper?

4. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

5. What condition does the Collector find Hari in when he visits him in the tiger house?

6. What happens to Ford in Chapter 30 and what falls on the Collector?

7. What does each person carry with him or her during the cholera epidemic?

8. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

9. What happens to Harry and Fleury years after the siege?

10. What does Rayne, who is in charge of the Commissariat, do to enrage the Collector?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Choose two things about Dr. McNab that Dr. Dunstaple initially criticizes and write on them.

2) What is Cutter's plan to thwart the enemy?

3) Describe phrenology as it is portrayed in the novel.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the Maharajah and his palace.

2) Describe Hari, the Maharajah's son, his show of being like the British. Tell what he does to Fleury.

3) Describe the dispute the Magistrate and the local farmers have over how to deal with the river's flooding. What does each propose is the

best solution?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the scene where Louise and Fleury are in the Sunday School. What does the Padre have the children do and what is the outcome?

2) Write about the Collector's thoughts about the electroplating technology. Why does he feel its so important?

3) What is your opinion of the Padre and his view that he is bringing salvation not only to the native Christians but to the British residents.

Do you think he is doing good or spreading fear? What are some of the points he tries to make in his sermonizing?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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